Boot hanger



Sept. 11,1942..l c. E. Pr-:ck lv-:TAL 2,294,607'

BOOT HANGER Filed D90. 5, 1941 Patented Sept. 1, 1942 2,294,607` B001` HANGER Chester E.- Peck, La Crosse, Wis., and Joseph B.

Bambenek, Winona., Minn.; said Bambenek assignor to said Peck Application December 5, 1941, Serial No. 421,738

(Cl. 5811-34) -f 4 Claims.

Our invention provides an extremely simple, low-cost, and highly ecient boot hanger, the word boot being used in a liberal sense to include what is sometimes called shoes, but particularly it is designed as a convenient and efllcient device for hanging heavy boots, such as hunters and lumbermens boots and rubber boots in position-for dryingand if exceedingly Wet for draining. The improved device., as preferably designed, is made from two pieces of quite stiif resilient wire bent to form boot-receiving U- forks spaced by an intervening reversely U- shaped fork.

The invention in its preferred form is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective showing a pair of heavy boots applied to and suspended from the hanger, the latter being hung on a transverse rod; and

Fig. 2 is a view in perspective showing the complete hanger on a larger scale than in Fig. 1.

l The boot holder or body of the device is made from a single piece of wire 5 bent to form U- shaped boot-receiving forks E 'and l and an intervening reversely U-shaped fork 8. The device, v

as shown, as adapted to be suspended by a hanger rod 9, the upper end of which is shown as bent to form a hook I adapting it to be hung on a pole i I or the like. This hanger rod 9 is vertically extended at a point that is approximately the center of gravity of the hanger and its lower end l2, within the reverse fork 8, is bent forwardly and attached to that portion of the wire that forms the intervening fork 8. The extreme ends of the wire are preferably outwardly bent at 5 to expand the receiving ends of the U-shaped forks 6 and 1. By bending the rod 9 vertically downward instead of vertically upward from. the plane of the double U-shaped holder, the latter could be supported by a pedestal.

The spread of the forks 6 and 1 is such that it will engage the inverted boots with' considerable friction just below the soles thereof and thereby hold the boots rmly in the best kind of position for drying and for maintaining good form.

Obviously the device described can be made at small cost and actual use of the device has`kdem-v onstrated its eiiciency.

What we claim is:

1. A boot hanger comprising a horizontally disposed boot holder made from a wire-like rod bent to form a pair of boot-receiving forks connected by a reversely opening intermediate fork, and a supporting rod attached to the inter ediate front portion of said holder-forming wi e and extended vertically therefrom and having means for securing it to the holder forming wire.

2. A boot hanger comprising a resilient Wirelike rod 'bent to form a pair of horizontally disposed boot-receiving forks connected by a reversely opening intermediate.v fork, and a supporting rod extended vertically from the central portion of said holder and having one end bent horizontally and attached toA the intermediate Afront portion of said holder-forming rod.

3. A boot hanger comprising a resilient wirelike rod bent to form a pair of horizontally disposed boot-receiving forks connected by a reversely opening intermediate fork, and a hanger rod extended vertically upward from the central portion of said holder and provided at its upper end with a hangerl hook, the lower end of said hanger rod being bent horizontally forward within the reversely U-shaped intermediate fork and connected to the intermediate front portion of CHESTER E. JOSEPH B. BAB/IBENEK. 

